[SAGA-RG] SAGA attributes as Python dictionaries?

[Andre Merzky]

I think we have an agreement on E then:

  E)  description.set_attribute ("Executable", "/bin/date");

So, no dict, no properties, but a simple plain SAGA attribute API.

Great :-)

Thanks, Andre.


Quoting [Steve Fisher] (Nov 06 2009):
> Date:    Fri, 6 Nov 2009 13:37:28 +0000
> Subject: Re: [SAGA-RG] SAGA attributes as Python dictionaries?
> From:    Steve Fisher        <dr.s.m.fisher at gmail.com>
> To:      Andre Merzky        <andre at merzky.net>
> Cc:      Mathijs den Burger  <mathijs at cs.vu.nl>, SAGA-RG <saga-rg at ogf.org>,
>            hartmut.kaiser at gmail.com
> 
> Though I like D, as it can't work when the extra parameter is needed
> for tasks, I agree that we should go for E. If someone comes up with a
> smart way of doing something else we can add it later.
> 
> Steve
> 
> 2009/11/6 Andre Merzky <andre at merzky.net>:
> > Quoting [Mathijs den Burger] (Nov 06 2009):
> >>
> >>> But maybe its time by now to come to a conclusion - I think I am
> >>> reading the same arguments over and over again in the thread ;)
> >>>
> >>> So, there have been different proposals:
> >>>
> >>>  A)  description.executable = "/bin/date";
> >>>      description.set_attribute ("Executable", "/bin/date");
> >>>
> >>>  B)  description[executable] = "/bin/date";
> >>>      description.set_attribute ("Executable", "/bin/date");
> >>>
> >>>  C)  description.attributes.executable = "/bin/date";
> >>>      description.set_attribute ("Executable", "/bin/date");
> >>>
> >>>  D)  description.attributes["Executable"] = "/bin/date";
> >>>      description.set_attribute ("Executable", "/bin/date");
> >>>
> >>>  E)  description.set_attribute ("Executable", "/bin/date");
> >
> > +1, for the same reasons as Mathijs.
> >
> > A.
> >
> >
> >>> I think C and D did not catch on - just listed for completeness.
> >>> Did I forget a version?
> >>
> >> For completeness: how to express async and task versions.
> >> I assume that would look like:
> >>
> >> description.set_attribute("Executable", "/bin/date", TaskType.NORMAL)
> >>
> >> > So, I'd love to see a show of hands for the different versions -
> >> > maybe we can cut the thread short.
> >>
> >> I opt for E: one syntax for all cases is the simplest solution.
> >>
> >> best,
> >> Mathijs
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
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